Well, another man's meat and all that, but... I haven't read Kim Stanley Robinsion, so I can't comment on the implicit comparison between him and JK. I know one thing: I'm a writer, and if anyone ever compares me to Katz, I'll sthcream and sthcream and sthcream!! Seriously, the piece is badly-written, ill-organised, says very little, and what it does say Katz has said before in slightly different words in umpteen previous articles. My guess is he's putting together another book, and is using slashdot to thrash out his "ideas". Since there is no real editorial control here, he gets paid for posting pretty much anything -- and doesn't it show? Of course, this is just my opinion. But, how seriously can you take an AMERICAN who doesn't know that Edgar Allen Poe invented sci fi?